Date of birth:
Thursday, 10 February 1910
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Canadian
Profession:
printer; shop steward
Hometown(s):
Victoria, British Columbia; London, England
Political affiliation:
Communist Party Southwark Branch London since 1932; Communist Party of Canada
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1938-03-18
Unit:
Report dated March 11, 1938 stated “Believed to have rejoined Batt. From Hosp. prior to Calaciete action – believed missing.”
Final status:
Reported killed by a sniper on 28 March 1938, in the Gandesa sector.
Other:
Son of Communist Party member George Hardy, Sr., who was active in the British Seaman's Union
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 551, ll. 58-59; Momryk; Petrou; Hoff;
“Printworkers Honored”, International Brigades Memorial Trust Newsletter, Geraldine Abramson, ed., Issue 4, February 2003, pg 1.
